--- linux-2.4.17-pre7/drivers/block/floppy.c-orig	Mon Dec 10 16:39:30 2001
+++ linux-2.4.17-pre7/drivers/block/floppy.c	Mon Dec 10 16:48:40 2001
@@ -4170,6 +4170,15 @@
 		else
 			floppy_sizes[i] = MAX_DISK_SIZE;
 
+	/* disable read-ahead on floppies */
+	max_readahead[MAJOR_NR] = kmalloc(sizeof(*max_readahead) * 256, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (max_readahead[MAJOR_NR] == NULL) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	for (i=0; i<256; i++)
+		max_readahead[MAJOR_NR][i] = 0;
+
 	blk_size[MAJOR_NR] = floppy_sizes;
 	blksize_size[MAJOR_NR] = floppy_blocksizes;
 	blk_init_queue(BLK_DEFAULT_QUEUE(MAJOR_NR), DEVICE_REQUEST);
@@ -4461,7 +4470,8 @@
 void cleanup_module(void)
 {
 	int dummy;
-		
+
+	kfree(max_readahead[MAJOR_NR]);		
 	devfs_unregister (devfs_handle);
 	devfs_unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR, "fd");